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Walking on Ice: Stories

3.6/5 ( ratings)

A mother hires a sinister baby-sitter. An Irish innocent embraces the ambiguities of Belfast. A university professor welcomes a houseguest and finds himself a stranger in his own home. Two young women seek romance along the Canadian border ....

Winner of the Associated Writing Programs' Award in Short Fiction, Walking on Ice depicts a world in which human relationships grow ever more fragile and trust is tentative at best. In these stories men and women confront the unexpected risks of everday life in Boston, Northern Ireland, Connecticut, the Scottish Highlands, and upstate New York. With subtlety and wit, Susan Hubbard explores the tensions of our times.

The sitter --
My first dance --
Belfast holiday --
The power of the great --
Walking on ice --
House guest --
Smoke --
Dog --
As good as it gets

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University of Missouri

Release: November 01, 1990

ISBN: 0826207529

ISBN 13: 9780826207524

Walking on Ice: Stories

3.6/5 ( ratings)

A mother hires a sinister baby-sitter. An Irish innocent embraces the ambiguities of Belfast. A university professor welcomes a houseguest and finds himself a stranger in his own home. Two young women seek romance along the Canadian border ....

Winner of the Associated Writing Programs' Award in Short Fiction, Walking on Ice depicts a world in which human relationships grow ever more fragile and trust is tentative at best. In these stories men and women confront the unexpected risks of everday life in Boston, Northern Ireland, Connecticut, the Scottish Highlands, and upstate New York. With subtlety and wit, Susan Hubbard explores the tensions of our times.

The sitter --
My first dance --
Belfast holiday --
The power of the great --
Walking on ice --
House guest --
Smoke --
Dog --
As good as it gets

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University of Missouri

Release: November 01, 1990

ISBN: 0826207529

ISBN 13: 9780826207524

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